Not sure if it should default to a different action, inconsistency and automagic behaviour changes are not user friendly, but one option would be to display a dialog explaining what the issue is with a "copy instead" button?
** Also affects: nautilus Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/773061 Title: Nautilus should default to copy when move will fail To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/773061/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs